In Britain, a judge sent people to prison for posts on social networks that criticized Islam, but left a rapist free, citing overcrowding in the prison.
Senior Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke at Cardiff Crown Court handed down prison terms in 2024 and 2025 to ex-soldier Daffern Williams and Welshman David Morgan for inciting racial hatred on social media.
Williams, 41, was sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Lloyd-Clarke. The reason was postings on a public Facebook page after an attack in July 2024 at a children's ward in Southport, during which three girls were killed.
"The civil war has already begun. The only thing missing is bullets. This is the next step," Williams wrote on Facebook. He also posted two photos: in one, men in traditional Muslim dress were chasing a boy with swords in their hands.
A judge sentenced David Morgan, 24, of Aberdeen, to 20 months in prison for publishing nine entries in the X. According to the prosecution, they included images of Nazi symbols and gas chambers, as well as racist cartoons.
The rapist, whom the judge, on the contrary, left free, is called Reese Newman. In December 2023, he was sentenced to two years in prison at Croydon Crown Court for raping a girl under the age of 14 in 2005, when Newman was 14.
The execution of the sentence was suspended for two years. Newman was required to register with the police as a convicted sex offender and to notify her of any trips abroad. Six months later, the criminal violated the requirement by flying to Egypt without notice. For this, Lloyd-Clarke sentenced him to two months in prison suspended for 18 months, a £2,000 fine and 50 hours unpaid work. She cited overcrowding in the prison in her decision.
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